A photograph of a band performing at the Outdoor Music Room.
A photograph of volunteers creating the Outdoor Music Room.
A photograph of the outdoor seating area of the Samo Lyttelton cafe.
The public at Hummingbird Coffee's outdoor seating area in Re:Start mall.
A photograph of a planning meeting for the Info Gap temporary outdoor display space.
A photograph of seating for Gap Filler's temporary outdoor cinema. The seating is stacked in a workshop.
A photograph of seating for Gap Filler's temporary outdoor cinema. The seating is stacked in a workshop.
In this paper we introduce CityViewAR, a mobile outdoor Augmented Reality (AR) application for providing AR information visualization on a city scale. The CityViewAR application was developed to provide geographical information about the city of Christchurch, which was hit by several major earthquakes in 2010 and 2011. The application provides information about destroyed buildings and historical sites that were affected by the earthquakes. The geo-located content is provided in a number of formats including 2D map views, AR visualization of 3D models of buildings on-site, immersive panorama photographs, and list views. The paper describes the iterative design and implementation details of the application, and gives one of the first examples of a study comparing user response to AR and non-AR viewing in a mobile tourism application. Results show that making such information easily accessible to the public in a number of formats could help people to have richer experience about cities. We provide guidelines that will be useful for people developing mobile AR applications for city-scale tourism or outdoor guiding, and discuss how the underlying technology could be used for applications in other areas.
Outdoor seating and garden beside the Triton Dairy, Colombo Street. The garden was a project supported by Greening the Rubble.
Outdoor seating and garden beside the Triton Dairy, Colombo Street. The garden was a project supported by Greening the Rubble.
A photograph of volunteers at the Info Gap temporary outdoor display space on the corner of Peterborough and Colombo Streets.
A photograph of volunteers constructing the Info Gap temporary outdoor display space on the corner of Peterborough and Colombo Streets.
A photograph of volunteers painting a pathway in Gap Filler's temporary outdoor cinema on the corner of Madras and St Asaph Streets.
A photograph of volunteers setting up seating in Gap Filler's temporary outdoor cinema on the corner of Madras and St Asaph Streets.
A photograph of volunteers setting up seating in Gap Filler's temporary outdoor cinema on the corner of Madras and St Asaph Streets.
A photograph of volunteers painting a pathway in Gap Filler's temporary outdoor cinema on the corner of Madras and St Asaph Streets.
A photograph of people looking at displays in the Info Gap temporary outdoor display space on the corner of Peterborough and Colombo Streets.
A photograph of people looking at displays in the Info Gap temporary outdoor display space on the corner of Peterborough and Colombo Streets.
A photograph of members of the Kaiapoi Menzshed group standing in front of the stands they have built for an outdoor art gallery.
A photograph of wooden planks used in the construction of Gap Filler's temporary outdoor cinema. The boards have a crown logo painted on them.
A photograph of the empty site on the corner of Peterborough and Colombo Streets where the Info Gap temporary outdoor display space will be constructed.
A photograph of a movie being shown in Gap Filler's temporary outdoor cinema. The cinema is on the corner of Madras and St Asaph Streets.
A photograph of part of the display structure for the Info Gap temporary outdoor display space. The structure is sitting behind the Gap Filler headquarters in Sydenham.
A photograph of the entrance to Gap Filler's temporary outdoor cinema on the corner of Madras and St Asaph Streets. The entranceway is made of lights on a steel frame, and leads to a painted "red carpet".